Use Crown Mouldings for Interest and Drama

The dark beams made this formal dining room distinctive, giving it a warm country feel: yet the overall look of the room was imbalanced because of the narrower perimeter mouldings.

These customers agreed.

Wider crown mouldings bring the look together, with the beams looking more in place.

Because the new mouldings were slightly wider than the depth of the beams, the solution was to colourize the two exposed tips of the white moulding, and to carefully paint the 3/16ths inch strip of wall to match the beam colour -- a simple trompe l'oeil that makes everything now appear to have been custom-built.

Another Jobsite:

This large room, used for both dining and living, was treated with crown mouldings on the entire perimeter, while the ceiling over the fireplace/ entertainment area was given special treatment.

This area was defined with a narrow moulding.

A faux finish applied inside this box makes this part of the room distinctive. A frosted white faux effect was used here, perhaps better seen below...

This family room is well on its way to being outstanding.